Carpet

     The carpet we had on our living room / dining room floor was in rough shape.  It was being held together by a man's secret weapon - duct tape.  That carpet is no more.  We received some new to us, used carpet.  After lots of hard work scraping the old carpet off the floor and lots of trimming, the newer carpet has been laid and most of the furniture put back into place.  For the carpet, and all the work that went into getting it into place, I am thankful.

Thank You For The Lamb

Today, let us simply be thankful for the Lamb who took our place.

All Gone

     This past week has given me several things to be thankful for.

• On Monday we had a Major Winter Snow Storm making travel almost impossible.  I'm thankful for the safe travel I had home from work and my daughter had to work that day.
• On Tuesday I was thankful that the snowblower started and worked great as I blew snow for almost 3 hours.
• I was thankful that the plow cleared out our road before I had finished my last trip down the driveway so I could finish cleaning that area up.
• On Wednesday I took a trip to Grand Forks for a follow up appointment on my kidney stone. and I am thankful not only for the good roads and safe travel but also for the fact that the X-ray showed the stone was gone and they were able to take out the stint that had been implanted.

     What have you been thankful for this past week?

Winter Retreat

     This past weekend my family and I traveled south to Bemidji, MN for a winter retreat.  Considering the fact that the first day of spring arrived before the retreat may make one wonder why it was called the winter retreat.  Well, prior to arrival, Bemidji received 6 inches of snow and while there the temperatures fell well below zero - again.  We definitely felt winter and we definitely had a good time.  So here is what I'm thankful for:

• Safe travel to and from the retreat.
• Seeing my parents - who decided to travel up to the retreat.
• In-laws and all the work they did for the retreat as well as putting us up for the weekend.
• All the good food that was served - I think I ate too much :)
• The wonderful fellowship that was enjoyed with friends.
• and lots not forget the speakers and their thought provoking messages on revival.

Pain

     Have you ever thought about being thankful for pain?  As I posted last week concerning the treatment for my kidney stone, now I have to deal with even sharper pain.  there are times when the pain reaches upwards of 8,9 or even 10 on a scale of 10 and for that pain I have reason to be thankful.  For the pain means that the fragments from the stone that was pulverized are coming out of my system.  Further more I can be thankful that the pain is very short lived.

Lithotripsy

Today I made the trip to Grand Forks for a procedure called Shock Wave Lithotripsy to break up a rather large kidney stone.  So, here is what I have to be thankful for....

• My wife, who did the driving down and back through plenty of wind and drifting.
• My Daughter's car which we took because mine is in the shop for repair.
• That all went well and they only had to poke me twice to get my IV in.
• For all those Doctors and Nurses, etc that worked with me.
• For kids left at home that held down the fort.
• For a spell checker that keeps finding all my mistakes as I type this :)

Have a Second?

I found this on God Vine on Face book, thought it would fit here